‘I'm just mad that I wasn't there': Mother in rehab seeks justice after son killed in Florida City drive-by

A South Florida mother is praying for justice after her son was murdered in Florida City last Sunday.

Police have not arrested anyone for his death.

The Miami Dade Sheriff's Office said 19-year-old Elijah Everett was outside on Northwest 13th Street and was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting. Investigators don't have any information about the shooter or shooters.

NBC6 spoke with Everett’s mother, Whitney Everett on Saturday, who said those who knew her son called him “Mojo."

She describes him as amazing, awesome, a loving kid and someone who wanted the best for his mom, sister and little brother.

“He was my protector other than God first, but that was my protector, my everything,” Whitney said.

Whitney is currently in a rehab center in Miami. She said she was in a car accident almost two years ago and broke her neck, causing her to be paralyzed from the chest down.

She said after that accident, her family got separated.

Whitney told NBC6 that her son lived up north but came down to Florida City this past weekend to visit when someone murdered him.

“I feel like I let him down,”  she said. “I'm just mad that I wasn't there, I couldn't be there for him.”

Although detectives said this was a drive-by, Whitney believes someone set her son up.

“Of course, I would want someone to talk and turn themselves in, give them info they know but that's not going to happen but that's okay because it will come out, everything that happens in the dark will come to the light, in Jesus name I pray amen,” she said.

Whitney said she's confident deputies will find the person responsible for killing her oldest child.

“They took his life but they didn't take his legacy,” she said.

Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest.

Whitney created a GoFundMe to help pay for her son’s burial.

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